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The NHL is testing player- and puck-tracking technology during All-Star weekend.

This technology could revolutionize data collection -- and how fans view the game on TV -- as it will be able to track where the players/puck are on the ice, the speed both are traveling, the trajectory of the puck and players' ice time. The league is partnering with Sportvision to insert tracking chips inside pucks and the back of players’ jerseys. Saturday night these devices interacted with 10 infrared cameras throughout Nationwide Arena, and the NHL will expand on it Sunday. From commissioner Gary Bettman: "This is, if I can coin a phrase, in the embryonic stages of a work in progress, but ultimately we are hoping to deliver the kind of data that will create insights and tell stories that avid and casual hockey fans will enjoy. In short, we are attempting to embark upon a journey that hopefully will enable us to create and then maintain a digital record of everything in our game and compile a complete digital history." Jan 24 - 9:41 PM

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said that the league's involvement in a 2016 World Cup of Hockey has "no bearing" on possible Olympic participation in 2018.

The event could be every four years, much like the Olympics. It's difficult to imagine the NHL and NHLPA hopping into international competition every two years, but we'll need to wait an see. Jan 24 - 1:38 PM

Commissioner Gary Bettman and the head of the NHLPA Donald Fehr are expected to hold a news conference Saturday to announce the 2016 World Cup.

The event is expected to be held in September 2016 with Canada, the United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic participating as well as a team from the rest of Europe as well as a team of 23-and-under Canadians and Americans. Jan 24 - 7:32 AM